Wind Action

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Wind erosion is an active process on Mars today. The Medusa Fossae region has undergone extreme amounts of wind erosion, revealing an older surface below the easily eroded surface material.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V28224029 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
6.9329
203.613
28224
2008-04-24 23:51
Tue, 2008-06-03
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (65 km)
0.017869 km/pixel
0.017999 km/pixel

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